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Title: Jocks: True Stories of America's Gay Male Athletes by Dan Woog ISBN: 1-55583-399-3 Publisher: Alyson Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Woog brings the hopes & fears of gay athletics upfront.
Comment: Woog has unified the diverse hopes and fears among gay athletes and coaches of all levels into a common ground- the facing of those fears and meeting of those hopes. Taking account of these gay men, those both open and in the closet, Woog brings a greater understanding to their pain and triumph, as well as the roads they have traveled to get where they now are. Woog is objective with both the positive and negative experiences, and brings out the true meaning of althetics to both team and individual, along with the struggles of these gays men to be a part of the athletic circle. Reading this book was positive and meaningful, and gave a good look at just how diverse levels of homophobia exist within different sports themselves as they do within society. Woog brings the sub-culture of gay athletics up front, showing the agonies and triumphs in this realm that are overlooked. Having read this book alongside Patricia Warren's "The Front Runner" (the fictional story of a gay man and his gay coach/lover competing into the 1976 Olympics) gave an even greater depth and aspect to Warren's book as well as a greater understanding of the painful and euphoric extremems gay athletes endure. My one hope is that Woog writes a second book, with either new accounts of these proud gay athletes, or a follow-up of those already shared in his book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book for understanding our gay athletes
Comment: I've read the 7 reviews, and decided to take the book anyway. And I was not disappointed.
The book is very honest, Dan Woog makes it very clear in the foreword what the book is about, nonwithstanding the negative comments made by possible readers.
I've only started reading the book, but it already has me commiserating with the various people who have had to endure abuse and hatred at the hands of their peers, colleagues, team mates and the world at large.
This is a book to wake you up from the fantasy that the jocks always have it easy. They don't, and we as gay members of society should show our support openly for those who have had the courage to come out of the closet, and give encouragement to those still in there to come out too and live fully.
Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting......
Comment: I'm not gay but I picked this up because I know Dan Woog and he's a nice guy. I started reading and realized what gay people actually have to go through. It made me realize how lucky I am to be straight. It was very inspirational. Please buy this book, it will change and move you and all of Dan Woog's book they are all good and moving and they will change you. Woog is a nice guy please support him by buying his great books.
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Title: Jocks 2: Coming Out to Play by Dan Woog ISBN: 1555837263 Publisher: Alyson Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life in and out of Major-League Baseball by Billy Bean, Chris Bull ISBN: 1569244863 Publisher: Marlowe & Company Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: A Night in the Barracks: Authentic Accounts of Sex in the Armed Forces by Alex Buchman ISBN: 1560239883 Publisher: Haworth Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Straight?: True Stories of Unexpected Sexual Encounters Between Men by Jack Hart ISBN: 1555834752 Publisher: Alyson Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Military Trade by Steven Zeeland ISBN: 1560239247 Publisher: Harrington Park Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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